Hearing Mrs. Sterling's reply, the Third Grand-uncle was so furious his eyes nearly rolled back in his head.
This was the first time Mrs. Sterling had seen the Third Grand-uncle so flustered and enraged since Aurora's grandfather passed away, and she couldn't have been more delighted.
By this point, the star of the college acceptance banquet was no longer Simone Holt, but had become Susan Sterling and Aurora Sterling. Everyone wanted to know how Susan was going to get herself out of this mess.
So, even though everyone knew it was unreasonable to make an elder kneel to someone younger, not a single person said a word.
The truth was, Susan Sterling was so acrimonious and domineering in her daily life that she had offended many people. While many of them were civil to her face, they were secretly hoping she would suffer a major humiliation.
This one small incident made it crystal clear just how unpopular Susan Sterling was.
